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Groups Help Puerto Rico With Earthquake Relief Efforts

Associations Now

Less than three years after the territory was devastated by a major hurricane, Puerto Rico is facing another tough road as it recovers from an unusually strong earthquake that affected the island last week, as well as a series of aftershocks. The group is asking for donations to support its relief efforts. Assessing the damage.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.15.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Benchmark survey on communicating in the current climate. Technology leaders at nonprofit organizations come in all sorts and job descriptions, according to the resources and the needs of the organizations they serve. Wed 5/20 at 1 p.m.

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I Heart Southwest: When Airlines Take a Community Approach

Higher Logic

Scheduled service to 97 destinations in 40 states, Puerto Rico and abroad for 2016. I have easy access to customer service reps or resources online to get me through a change. Southwest has some impressive stats to its name right now: World’s largest low-cost carrier. Carries the most domestic passengers of any U.S.

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Nurses Group Sends Volunteers to Assist Dorian Survivors

Associations Now

We coordinate very closely with local agencies to make sure our nurses will be deployed where they’re not a drain on local resources, that they are not displacing local efforts or local staff,” said Alice Grubb, RNRN field coordinator. We’re there as long as they need, but again, we’re not going to displace the local response.

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Farm Bureau, FFA Join Forces to Push Agricultural Education Forward

Associations Now

The groups represent members throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. In addition, AFBF will allow FFA to use its advocacy resources at the state level. This week, the two groups announced that they had partnered to find ways to assist their members as well as agriculture as a whole. Virgin Islands.

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Associations Offer Resources Ahead of Hurricane Dorian

Associations Now

On Wednesday, Dorian briefly hit Puerto Rico as a much less powerful storm. The association of boat owners offers a sizable set of resources for its members on how to ensure a boat is safely protected before a storm and how poor planning can lead to danger for your equipment. It dwarfs all others.”

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Events Industry Council launches first phase of its Equity Acceleration Plan

Event Industry News

The results of this benchmark will inform the development of tools, resources and recommendations in the subsequent phases on the Equity Acceleration Plan, which aims to provide a framework to turn our vision to action and lead the challenge against discrimination and systemic racism in the events industry. Jason Dunn Sr.,